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R
Python
SQL
CSS/HTML

Proficient R Packages

tidyverse | tidycensus | tidytext | ggplot2 | srvyr | haven | tigris | stringr | quanteda | rvest | shiny & and more

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Sunny Shao

Education

PhD. Candidate, Political Science (computational track)

University of California

Riverside, CA

current - 2016

  • [Dissertation] Natural Language Processing of WeChat Data , Mass Behavior & Social Network Analysis

M.S., Public Policy (Econometrics)

Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA

2015 - 2013

Selected Experience

Associate Researcher

Center for Social Innovation (UCR)

Riverside, CA

current - 2018

  • missioned to lead projects that uplift the community of color offering executable data-driven action plans
  • work with a diverse background of scholars and R users to produce deliverables such as reports and data dashboards
  • In-depth knowledge about many open source R packages and their application in both academic and industry settings

Lead Researcher

AAPI Data

Riverside, CA

current - 2017

  • Experienced in coordinating and working with both internal and external stakeholders in a team with many moving factors
  • Deep knowledge in designing, executing and managing end-to-end data science projects
  • 4+ years of experience in high-pace social science research team with frequent ad-hoc requests and challenges

Summer Fellow (Survey Data Operation)

Education Pioneer

Los Angeles, CA

2016

  • Worked closely with coordinators, principals and teachers on program evaluations
  • Created stratified weighted sampling surveys to evaluate programs of Camino Nuevo charter school network
  • Designed protocols and methodology for future program evaluations

Data Analyst Intern

SmartAnalyst

Gurgaon, India

2012

  • Interviewed thoracic oncologists in Japan and China for pharmaceutical clients, who are on phase II trials of non-small cell lung cancer drugs
  • Translated three-way phone meetings between client, SmartAnalyst and Chinese thoracic oncologists
  • Crowdsourced a list of thoracic oncologists through medical journals

Selected Projects

Geographic Profiles, Racial Data

R, ShinyApp, AWS

N/A

current - 2020

Asian American Voter Survey (Experimental Design & Name-match algorithms)

AAPI Data, APIAVote & AAAJC

N/A

2020 - 2018

Experiment on Inland Empire Census 2020 Outreach Messages by Census Tracts

Center for Social Innovation, UC Riverside

Riverside, CA

2020

National Asian American Survey

AAPI Data

N/A

2018

QuickStats Tool

Rmarkdown

N/A

2017

Selected Reports

Washing State Factsheet

Washington Conmission on Asian American Affairs

N/A

2018

Selected Grants

Coulter Foundation Research Scholarship

Counter Foundation

Riverside, CA

current - 2017

rstudio::conf 2020 Diversity Scholarship

Rstudio

San Francisco, CA

2020

UCR Dean’s Distinguished Fellowship

University of California, Riverside

Riverside, CA

2017 - 2016

Selected Press

Who are the Chinese Americans voting for Trump

The Spectator UK

London, UK

2020

Invited Talk

2020 Census and Beyond: New Tool for AAPI Census Efforts

Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy

Virtual

2019

Resources for Engaging in the Debate Over Data Disaggregation

Association of Asian American Studies

San Francisco, CA

2018

Perceived Discrimination and Political Socialization of New Americans

Midwestern Political Science Association

Chicago, IL

2017